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Hughes prepares to take up reins at Blackburn

By Oliver Kay

September 15 2004, 1:00am, The Times

MARK HUGHES has reached an informal agreement that will see him become the new manager of Blackburn Rovers next week, initially on a part-time basis. The former Manchester United forward has spent the past seven days agonising over whether to abandon his post as Wales manager to pursue his ambitions at club level, but he is now understood to have settled on a compromise that would see him continue in both roles until the Football Association of Wales (FAW) has found a suitable successor.

Dennis Roach, Hughes’s agent, confirmed yesterday that his client “would be interested” in the vacancy that arose at Ewood Park when Graeme Souness left last week to take charge of Newcastle United. It later emerged, however, that a deal has been…